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Well I'm not a boring old man but I am sure some 'modern' Mercs are ok .. actually Colin is thinking of a Merc estate.. maybe an E Class 7G-Tronic diesel.. when he comes to sell the Land Cruiser.. and I'm sure it will be lovelyOriginally Posted by Marco
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Indeed not, which is why I said "most often", not always
I just like cars that have a bit of style/sexiness and sportiness to them, which is why I love Alfas, and when it comes to Mercs, the older models you're referring to, regardless of how well they were built, IMO, were no lookers. Of course for some, that wouldn't have been important
A 1990s C-Class Merc:
Boxy, plain, soulless and rather 'conservative' looking (albeit very well built). No-one under 60, still in possession of a pulse, would drive one
Mid-2000s Merc C-Class:
Sleeker, sportier, much more stylish, and generally driven by people who aren't 'dead' yet!
2017 Merc C-Class:
Rounded, bulbous, and 'American-like' in the wrong way. Just a bulky, blingy big bus!
Clearly styled by some clueless old fart, trying to make it look 'cool' and more appealing to younger drivers (to challenge its main competitor, the 3-Series Beemer), and ended up creating something about as 'cool' as Ann Widdecombe.
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I feel I should speak up for boring old men.
I don't drive an old Merc and I can be boring as f**k without breaking a sweat.
I drive a Honda Civic and the list of things that have gone wrong on it is shorter than my man-bits on a cold day (actually a lot shorter as my man-bits are pretty impressive all year round).
The drive though could be better, when pressing on the handling is at best "interesting". Still, reliable car, big knob, so shouldn't grumble.
I just dropped in, to see what condition my condition was in
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Lol, what are you like!
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P.S I've never found you boring.
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Turntable: Heavily-modified Technics SL-1210MK5G [Mike New bearing/ETP platter/Paul Hynes SR7 PSU & reg mods]. Funk Firm APM Achromat/Nagaoka GL-601 Crystal Record Weight/Isonoe feet & boots/Ortofon RS-212D/Denon DL-103GL in Denon PCL-300 headshell with Funk Firm Houdini/Kondo SL-115 pure-silver cartridge leads.
Paul Hynes MC head amp/SR5 PSU. Also modded Lentek head amp/Denon AU-310 SUT.
Other Cartridges: Nippon Columbia (NOS 1987) Denon DL-103. USA-made Shure SC35C with NOS stylus. Goldring G820 with NOS stylus. Shure M55E with NOS stylus.
CD Player: Audiocom-modified Sony X-777ES/DAS-R1 DAC.
Tape Deck: Tandberg TCD 310, fully restored and recalibrated as new, by RDE, plus upgraded with heads from the TCD-420a. Also with matching TM4 Norway microphones.
Preamps: Heavily-modified Croft Charisma-X. LDR Stereo Coffee. Power Amps: Tube Distinctions Copper Amp fitted with Tungsol KT-150s. Quad 306.
Cables & Sundries: Mark Grant HDX1 interconnects and digital coaxial cable, plus Mark Grant 6mm UP-LCOFC Van Damme speaker cable. MCRU 'Ultimate' mains leads. Lehmann clone headphone amp with vintage Koss PRO-4AAA headphones.
Tube Distinctions digital noise filter. VPI HW16.5 record cleaning machine.
Speakers: Tannoy 15MGs in Lockwood cabinets with modified crossovers. 1967 Celestion Ditton 15.
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